Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:44:17 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replace /rescue/vi with mined(1) from DragonFlyBSD Message-ID: <20050619214417.GB18943@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <20050619193939.GR50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <20050617214658.GA41804@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <58826.1119044951@critter.freebsd.dk> <20050617220222.GA42080@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050617220653.GA114@saltmine.radix.net> <20050617221353.GA48584@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050618061603.GM50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20050619033904.GB3061@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050619070640.GQ50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <42B5C0BC.40904@freebsd.org> <20050619193939.GR50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 05:39:39AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Sun, 2005-Jun-19 12:00:12 -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > >Peter Jeremy wrote: > >>According to tar(1) and libarchive-formats(3), yes it read anything that > >>pax can. (It can't write cpio but I don't see that as a requirement in > >>/rescue). > > > >Yes, it can write cpio. (Posix octet-oriented cpio format, also called > >'odc cpio' Other variants are easy to add if there's demand.) .. > I think that just strengthens my argument that having pax in /rescue > is redundant, superfluous and unnecessary :-). Test the change and post a patch this thread. What is the space delta? -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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